Due to the drought, they only had the energy to take care of their own vegetable gardens and private plots after watering the land. The vegetables did not grow well. The cabbages planted in autumn were small, which made the villagers very satisfied. Even if there was nothing else, they could survive the winter by pickling a large jar of sauerkraut.
When several educated youths went to ask, they were still happy. They wanted to exchange some money or even some things.
As for their own homes, let alone other things, the private plots of each family here were not small. They planted so many, and if they exchanged the big ones, there would still be so many small ones that were not good-looking. Why would they be so particular about what they eat at home?
They depended on this little piece of land and these work points all year round. Maybe they were reluctant to go to the commune even once.
It was hard to say whether this rare opportunity to exchange things could be exchanged for anything useful at home.
That couldn't be said. Given the current situation at home, it should be said that no matter what it was, it could be used, and there would be no waste at all.
Here, they simply reminded a few people, and then left it alone. They went home around the village chief and a few others.
This small house is right at the entrance of the village, and it is quite conspicuous. Anyway, Secretary Lin saw her when she opened the door and went in.
He had also been to Liujiatun before, and he still had some impression of it.
"Hey? Old Liu, I remember that house was empty, wasn't it? Is it occupied now? I see that the wall seems to have been raised,"
Liu Weimin looked in the direction he pointed,
"Ah, that one, it's occupied now."
Secretary Lin looked curious,
"Aren't there two batches of educated youth here? There was a little girl in the first batch, who said she wanted to live in a yard as big as the educated youth yard, and she was scared.
When she saw that this house was small and suitable for one person to live in, she chose it, paid for it herself, renovated it, and lived in it herself.
Don't tell me, the little girl lived well here by herself , the vegetables grown in the garden, the work and so on, are no worse than others, never complaining of being tired, and even climbing the mountain is quite good, compared with us old farmers, he is not much worse. "
Secretary Lin looked at him,
"It seems that you get along well with each other."
Liu Wenming paused, feeling that something was a little wrong, and seeing that there was no one around, he asked tentatively,
"What's wrong, brother, is there anything wrong with the educated youth?"
Secretary Lin shook his head, also with a little worry,
"People from the city are not used to the rural life, and the habits are different from those of the villagers,"
Liu Weimin, I understand, it's so euphemistic, it's just another war.
I originally wanted to praise the educated youth Xiao Jian and make him happy, but the words were on the tip of my tongue, and I suddenly swallowed them back.
No, no, if he knew that the educated youth Xiao Jian was so good and so powerful, what if he was transferred to another village?
No, no, Uncle San is right, I can't show off outside, I have to hide.
"Brother, look at your life of worrying.
They went to the countryside to support our rural construction, so adapting to rural life is the first step. If they can't adapt, then there is a problem, too much idleness.
If every day is like the autumn harvest, getting up before the cock crows, busy all day, eating has to be rushed, and going home at night can't wait to lie down and sleep, do you think, can they adapt?"
Secretary Lin still felt a little bit sorry,
"This, the degree of fatigue of autumn harvest every day, can they bear it?"
Liu Weimin is very rogue,
"I can't bear it, but this way they will have even less time and energy to think about it. Every day when they get up, they think about how to finish these tasks, whether they can finish them earlier and rest for a while, and how can they eat enough?
It's not like now. I have so much free time. I want to It's either about the gossips of other people or this and that. If you have time to think about it, it would be strange if you don't cause trouble. "
Secretary Lin shook his head,
"No, no, no, that would be a malicious destruction of the unity of the educated youth and the villagers. You are just giving bad ideas."
Liu Weimin said,
"Look at what you said. It's not appropriate at ordinary times, and it's not appropriate for those who make mistakes?"
Secretary Lin suddenly reacted,
"You are really good! You don't have time to think about it when you are tired, right?"
"Then you see, what I said is not wrong, right?
The educated youth came to the countryside to support rural construction. We also treat them as members, so we have to treat them equally. Then there must be a rule for making mistakes, right?
That is, our own members and villagers will be punished if they make mistakes. Yeah?
Are we going to the countryside just to get special treatment? Wouldn't that violate the instructions of the leaders? Don't you think that's right?"
Secretary Lin was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Old Liu, what's wrong with you? Have you become a bad person now? How can you come up with such an idea?
Are these educated youth disobedient?"
Liu Weimin waved his hand.
"No, the autumn harvest was over when they came, and they didn't dare to do anything weird. They were very obedient.
Who knows what will happen next year? Anyway, I'm not afraid if they don't obey. So I'll just work.
As for that, I'd say it's all idleness and stuffiness. When they can't eat, they won't think about anything.
Secretary Lin nodded and didn't say anything. He just looked at the direction of the mountain in a trance.
Judging from the situation of closing the mountain, it should be impossible to go up the mountain in the short term. At least she couldn't go up the mountain openly, so she cleaned up the garden.
The cabbage and radish she planted when she first came here grew well. She didn't lack water, so these vegetables were the most nutritious in the whole village. The heads and appearance were so good that people saw them in this year.
Fortunately, there were only a few educated youth who came to sit with her occasionally, and few other people came. These were planted in the garden behind the house, which was relatively hidden and did not attract anyone's attention.
The roots of the cabbage needed to be cut off with a knife and then stacked aside. These cabbages weighed six or seven pounds each, and Jian Dan was still a little confused. This thing, is it completely unbearable to be seen by others? It would scare people if it was taken out.
"Hey,"
She originally wanted to find someone to learn how to pickle sauerkraut, but where could she learn this?
After cutting them all down, Jian Dan couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, the ones on the corners were probably not noticed when watering, so they were more ordinary than these.
Although it is still much more juicy than the small dry ones in the village, at least the head is acceptable, not as scary as the big ones.
The radishes are similar, but not so exaggerated. The big ones are thicker than arms, and the small ones are as thick as wrists. Except for the particularly good ones, the rest are still presentable.
Fortunately, her small body has recovered a lot and her strength has also recovered, otherwise she can only watch this garden of giant cabbages.
The ones that can be seen by people are piled under the windowsill, and the ones that cannot be seen by people are collected first. After returning to the base, I searched twice but didn't find the required large jar. Then I remembered that her base didn't have the habit of pickling sauerkraut at all.